Tiananmen Square (1989) by Amy Brower

American journalist/brandon

2026-02-05 19:03:53 UTC

I was standing near the road and I saw someone standing in the middle of the road. when a tank came up to him I thought he was for sure going to die. but instead the tank stopped. I started taking pictures but before I could get more protesters moved him. suddenly tanks and soldiers started shooting. then it was a breakout of chaos as everyone started running and screaming.

Chinese protester : Bellalee

2026-02-05 19:04:06 UTC

We were protesting until we couldn't. The government asked us to leave many times but still haven't left. They didn't want us to be here anymore so they called the martial Law. That's when all of the fights broke out.. The Martial law shot at us so some of the protesters fled the scene, and some stayed. Some people fought back but it didn't help that much.

American journalist/brandon

2026-02-06 18:35:18 UTC

the tanks stopped and they started spinning in circles? but then I looked back and the man was standing on top of the tank. the tanks and guards did nothing instead. when the person got off the tank started moving, but then he blocked it again. the next day thousands of people were protesting on the roads chanting and holding flags. they started to say we are the Beijing people.

Bellalee Chinese protester

2026-02-06 18:35:57 UTC

Many people died through this and it was very bad. They brought tanks in to fight back and flee people out. Out of no where a man jumped in front of the tanks which gave us more time to protest, but everyone thought than man that jumped in front of the tank would die but surprisingly he didn't. After the tank incident they spot a man taking pictures and we kept protesting for more freedom until our voices stopped, until our feet wore out, this would make an impact in history. Before any of this happened we just began the plan and protested for more freedom and we made our way to the Tiananmen Square so people would get our message and join us. Everyone took their time to protest and risked it all. It all started off with students, the it worked its way to workers that were protesting and the chinese government were scared because of all of the protesters.

tank man- savannah

2026-02-06 18:36:27 UTC

I saw the tanks and sicited to jump in front of them. I tried to to stop the tanks from going on. they were not lising to me. since they was not paying atnchen to me I jumped on top of the tank. I was trying to get them to stop. I was yelling at them to go away. when I saw the tanks I knew something was up. they were not suppose to be there. that's when I dicited to get in front of them. they did not stop until they got up to me. I was trin to get them to stop by jumping to one side then the other. finaly they stopped. then I ran.